This study presents an improved sustainable approach to produce high-performance hemicellulose-based biosurfactants for environmentally friendly oily sludge remediation and oil components recovery. The amphipathic hemicellulose derivatives were prepared by hydrothermal extraction from renewable bamboo resources followed by rapid homogeneous esterification with alkenyl succinic anhydrides (C12–C18). The chemical structures of the prepared amphipathic hemicellulose derivatives were analyzed by FT-IR and NMR. The amphipathic hemicellulose derivat...
